Gaining, routing, or mortising machine.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

W. S. WILLIAMS. GAI-NING, ROUTING, 0R MORTISING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIONIILED SEPT.14. 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- NO' MODEL.

' I INVENTOR WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

' W. s. WILLIAMS. GAINING, ROUTING, 0R MORTI'SING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1903,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL.

j Wl TNESSESf UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT, OFFICE.-

GAINING, ROUTING; OR MORTISING MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 772,596, dated. October 18, 1904. l Application filed fieptember 14:, 1908; Serial No. 173,072. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented and produced a new and useful Gaining, Routing, or Mortising Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of .this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved machine for woodworkers in routing, gaining, and similar work; to thus facilitate the manufacture of Stairways, posts, cabinet-work, and the like; to enable-the operator to stand on either side of the table, as desired, in using the machine; to secure an even and-uniform feeding of the work to the saw; to enable the machine to be acconimo dated to various kinds of work, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

' The invention consists in the improved Woodworkers routing and gaining machine is a plan of the saw-carrier.

and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures of reference indicate corresponding'parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my'improved machine, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the table of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the tabletop or carriage, and Fig. 1 shows in end view certain gears for moving said carriage. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the machine on the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 Fig. 7 is a plan of the table or carriage adapted for gaining out posts and the like, and Fig. 81 is an end view of said carriage as shown in Fig. 7

In said drawings, 1 indicates a table of suitably rigid construction to sustain the strain of my work and providing at its top a slideway for a carriage or movable top Said slideway preferably comprises laterally-proof the frame l-of the saw-table and carrying outside said'frame agear 8, fixed on said shaft. To rotate said gear 8, a large gear 9 is' mounted at one side of the'gear 8 upon the pin 10, projecting on the end of the saw-table. For greater convenience a similar pin or stud 11 is arranged upon the end of the table at the opposite side of the fixed gear 8, so that simply by transferring the large gear 9 from one pin to the other the operator can stand at either side of the table, as he may desire, in attending to'the work and at the same time conveniently control the table or carriage 2. The large gear 9, it will be understood, has a handle 12 for turning the same. The table-topior carriage 2 is provided with parallel longitudinal slots 13 to receive slidably-adjustable bolts 14:, adapted to project upward and receive at their threaded ends wing-nuts 15. Said bolts are adapted to hold on themselves a rest or guide 16, comprising a long rigid strip slotted near its ends to take the bolts 14, and thus being capable of adjustment at any position transversely of the table to hold a piece of work in position to be sawed. Preferably rigid arms18 18 project from the guide 16 to overlie the work and hold the same .down in place, said arms being held to the guide 6 by adjustable wing-nuts 19. A pointer or indicator 20 may also be mounted upon the said guide 16. It will be understood that the said guide 16 described is used upon the saw-table only in working upon long pieces of work which are to be cut obliquely or transversely, such as the side pieces of Stairways, &c. For cuttinglongitudinally,

as in case of posts and the like other guides (referring more especially to Fig. 7,) are employed, one of which, 21, adapted to lie against one side of the stick, is adjustably mounted, by means of legs 22, in sockets 23 of the tabletop, while the other, 241, similarly mounted in a socket 25 in the table-top, is adapted to lie against the opposite side of the piece of work, parallel to the first, and is provided with a tightening-screw 26.

Above the table 1 is the saw 27 and its carrier 28, which latter comprises an inclined frame 29, hinged at one end, as at 30, upon the driving-shaft 31, journaled in a fixed support, as 32. The saw 31 is of any suitable construction and mounted at the opposite end of the frame 29, outside the said frame and upon a transverse shaft 33. Within the frame said shaft 33 carries a driving-pulley 34h, over which extends a belt 35 from a driving-pulley on the driving-shaft 31. For setting the saw at any desired height a slotted guide 37 depends from above, at one side of the frame 29, and is adapted to receive a lateral bolt 38 thereon, having a tightening-nut 39. For more minute adjustment a screw-shaft 40 projects from the upper side of the frame 29 through a fixed and correspondingly-threaded nut or socketed block 11, the lower end of the rod being loosely connected to the frame and a hand-wheel 42 being provided for turning. To look the said hand-wheel in any position to which it may have been adjusted, a set-screw L3 is provided in the frame 29 to bear against the said handwheel 42.

In order to assist in holding the piece of work being sawed down in place upon the table, strips 44: 4:5, slidably connected to the sawframe, as by clamping-bolts 16, extending through longitudinal slots in the supports, extend downward from the-said frame, having at their lower ends friction-wheels 47 to engage and travel upon the work as it lies on the table.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. The combination with a slidable carrier, of a loosely-mounted screw-shaft engaging said carrier, a pinion upon said shaft, pivotal bearings at opposite sides of said pinion and shaft, and a handled gear-wheel adapted to be mounted upon either one of said hearings to drive the said pinion.

2. In a sawing-machine, the combination with a table-frame, of a sliding table-top, a screw-shaft held in said frame against longitudinal movement and engaging said top, a pinion upon the outer end of said shaft, studs or pintles on said frame at opposite sides of said pinion, and a handled gear-wheel adapted to be mounted upon one or the other of said studs to engage the pinion on the screw-shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of September, 1903.

WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

